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This article originally appeared on watchdog.org. Brownies, cookies, cupcakes and other essential elements of any successful bake sale have been banned by new rules for food in Vermont public schools. Thanks to rules that grew out of a 2010 state | Read More »

This article originally appeared on watchdog.org. When even the kids know the nanny state has gone too far, well, you know its really gone too far. The Augusta County School Board in Virginia was scolded this week by an 11-year | Read More »

This article originally appeared on watchdog.org. A group of parents whose children attend Philadelphia public schools are asking state courts to step in after the secretary of education ignored complaints about the district. A lawsuit filed in Commonwealth Court on | Read More »

This article originally appeared on watchdog.org. Mothers in Missouri are allowed to breastfeed their children in public, provided they use as much discretion as possible — unless they’re near a public pool in the town of Warrensburg. City officials there aren’t | Read More »

This article originally appeared on watchdog.org. Just eight months ago cell phone use on airplanes was made legal. The U.S. Department of Transportation is planning to make it illegal again. DOT is preparing to substitute a ban lifted in December | Read More »

It would be nice if the Pentagon could at least give Congress evidence it’s trying to understand its purpose for existing and the limits to what it can, or should, do with all the money it gets each year.